HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 1541 of 2025 Court No. - 15 HON'BLE KARUNESH SINGH PAWAR, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. for the State. 2. A preliminary objection regarding maintainability of the anticipatory bail application has been raised by learned A.G.A. as the applicant has directly approached this Court. 3. Perused the record. 4. It appears that the present anticipatory bail application has been filed directly before this Court. No pleading or grounds have been advanced or argued as to why the anticipatory bail application filed by the applicant should be entertained by this Court without the applicant first approaching the learned Sessions Court. The case of the applicant does not fall within the ambit of the judgment Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ajai Kumar Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Dev Narayan Yadav .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) passed by the Full Bench of this Court in Ankit Bharti vs. State of U.P., 2020 SCC OnLine All 1949. 5. Upon a specific query made by this Court, learned counsel for the applicant could not indicate any legal ground or exception as to why the present application should be entertained directly by this Court. 6. In view of the above, and having regard to the objection raised by the learned A.G.A. and the law laid down in Ankit Bharti (supra), this Court is not inclined to entertain the present anticipatory bail application. 7. Accordingly, the application is dismissed. The applicant is at liberty to approach the appropriate Court by filing an anticipatory bail application. October 17, 2025 Madhu D.R/P.S NABAIL No. 1541 of 2025 2 (Karunesh Singh Pawar,J.) Digitally signed by :- MADHU KUMARI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench